THE CURE

Release Year: 2005
Artist Origin: ENG
Style: gloomy melancholic depressive gothic rock

this phenomenal recording [1982] of cathartic gothic rock forerunners, the fourth in celebrated band's history, has inspired thousands of gloomy thinking innovative young people to go on with proceeding The Cure ideas forth: many consider this period of Robert Smith and company the darkest, most disturbing yet crucial and most affecting sonic statement, the most significant moment in their long-standing career - it is no surprise as at time guys witnessed a heavy drug [ab]use, band in-fighting while Smith's depression directly fueled the album's musical and lyrical content, taking the role of therapy via dense, dark, and hypnotic music, where rich guitar motifs and cold keyboard backdrop create a bleak yet captivating world between pain and calm; deluxe four panel digipak edition comes with a sound remastered from the original master tapes at a kult Abbey Road studio, twenty page booklet with unique sleeve notes and vintage photos, as well as no less than fourteen rare, some previously unreleased songs from 1981-1982 on second CD, compiled by Robert Smith, including studio demos and live recordings